Todd duBoef: "not only does Gamboa have a contract, it was recently extended."

[Pacdbest]

blame floyd , now gamboa's ducking rios

I think Floyd teach him how to Duck!!!

[daggum]

gamboa starts talking with floyd and his team and then immediately wants to pull out of a tough fight. i'm so shocked!

[gmc_rfc_06]

I would have to imagine GBP are involved with Mayweather in this and either there's holes in his Top Rank contract or it could be bought out at a decent price. Yuri's contract situation has been regarded as not very good for quite some time now which would suggest it could maybe be bought out relatively cheap.

I was looking forward to this fight, but if he's being told that this move will help his career, I'm not in a position to be a critic.

[UglyPug]

does anyone know what the purses were for this fight?

I'm not POSITIVE, so don't quote me exactly, but I think HBO was putting up around 2.5 million for the card. Alvarado is prolly gonna get 100k, and his opponent prolly 75k. Rios and Gamboa were gonna get around a 1.1 million guarantee. . . Which is a FUGG load of money for lightweights in this day and age, and at their perspective stages in their careers. . .

[UglyPug]

The thing is he cant just leave Top Rank whenever he wants. Which makes me question Gamboa's motive behind all of this.

Agree. . I'm not ready to jump the gun on Gamboa just yet; after all, this fight still could go down. . . After that, I would hope Gamboa does whatever he feels his best for his career at this point; if that means sitting out while the shyt is litigated, then so be it, i guess. . .

But like we were discussing earlier, Gamboa HAS to have a good manager and lawyer who he should trust over Floyd Mayweather. . . Who knows, maybe Arum is running some kind of extra grimy scheme (even for a promotor), that Gamboa has jsut no been made aware of.

[bojangles1987]

I doubt Arum ****s on him by sitting him, unless Gamboa is really set on leaving. Arum could have shelved Donaire as well, but a deal was worked out and he continued to build Donaire up getting him the Vazquez fight and soon to be another decent scrap.

IMO I see a scenario in which Yuri doesn't face Rios, works out his issues with Top Rank and signs to fight some contender in the fall.

I hope this works out because I felt Top Rank was ready to get Yuri some big fights if he got past Rios (possible 2 fights away from a Pacquiao showdown).

Honestly, say what you will about Top Rank, they deserve plenty of it, but Gamboa was getting a fight with probably the best lightweight in the world, and if he won he would be in position for money fights out the ass.

He's turning that down to fight... who? Adrien Broner, in a year, maybe?

[UglyPug]

Honestly, say what you will about Top Rank, they deserve plenty of it, but Gamboa was getting a fight with probably the best lightweight in the world, and if he won he would be in position for money fights out the ass.

He's turning that down to fight... who? Adrien Broner, in a year, maybe?

Good point Bojangles. . . Gamboa is going to get around a million dollars in a high profile fight against the best LW in the world. . You know how many LW's get million dollar paydays? And the attention and limelight of HBO?

Gamboa wins this fight, he is realistically in a position to get a Pacquiao fight. .

He will be out AT LEAST a year, amybe more. . Just to fight Broner? ******. . .

I just don't see what Golden Boy (Floyd doesn't even have a promotional license - we all know he'll be working with GBP by signing with Floyd) can do for him that TR can't? TR has so many more good fights.

[Fetta]

So many claims about this being for more money. WHO said it was for more money?

[NEETzsche]

no one gets a clean break from bob arum.

[tonyalmeida]

This is embarrassing